AMITABHA B. CHAKRABARTI LYRIC TENOR CURRICULUM VITAE 2018 CELL: 724-454-1274 E-MAIL: AMIT.CHAKRABARTI@GMAIL.COM WORK EXPERIENCE Tenor Soloist, Camp Zama Catholic Chapel 12/2017 Music Director, Grace United Church of Christ Jeannette PA 10/2014 Graduate Assistant, Frost School of Music 9/2013-5/2014 Tenor Section Leader, St. Thomas Episcopal Church 3/2014-4/2014 Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Young Artist 6/-7/ Johnstonbaugh s Music Center, Voice/Piano Instructor.respire.aspire. Voice Studio (Sole Proprietor), Voice/Piano Instructor Bentley and Romito Professional Music Lessons, Voice/Piano Instructor St. Mary Magdalena Church, Mount Oliver, bass section leader 4/-8/2013 3/ 1/-4/2013 12/2010-7/ Fox Chapel Episcopalian Church, Fox Chapel, bass section leader 12/2010-3/ Takelessons.com, Studio Voice and Piano Instructor 6/2010-6/ Private Voice Instructor 9/2007 EDUCATION University of Miami: Frost School of Music Artist s Diploma 2013-2014 University of Southern California Master of Vocal Arts 2008-2010 Mercyhurst College Bachelors of Music 2004-2008 Masterworks Young Artists Festival Opera and Vocal Arts 2003, 2004 Saint Vincent College Saint Vincent Voice Program 2003-2004 PERFORMANCE ROLE EXPERIENCE Goro Madame Butterfly 2015 Johnny Inkslinger Paul Bunyan Frost Opera Theater 2014 Male Chorus The Rape of Lucretia Frost Opera Theater 2014 Ralph Rackstraw H.M.S. Pinafore 2013 Leonard Meryll Ruthven Murgatroyd Count Almaviva Luiz Seth Vicar Belcore Sciarrone Yeoman of the Guard Ruddigore Le Nozze di Figaro The Gondoliers This Little Light of Mine Albert Herring L Elisir D Amore Tosca After Dinner Opera Company USC Opera Theater Center Stage Opera (San Fernando) 2010 Junius The Rape of Lucretia USC Opera Theater (Los Angeles) 2008 Marcello La Bohème 2008 Marquis de la Force Dialogues des Carmélites D Angelo Theater 2008 The King The Real Story of Cinderella After Dinner Opera 2007 Mr. Ford Falstaff D Angelo Theater 2007 Mr. Gobineau The Medium After Dinner Opera 2007 Guglielmo Così fan tutte 2006 Papageno Die Zauberflöte D Angelo Theater 2006 Cameriere Roman Fever After Dinner Opera (NYC) 2006 Felipe License to Marry D Angelo Theater 2005 Hermann/Schlemiel Les Contes D Hoffmann D Angelo Theater (Erie) 2004
Oroveso Norma Random Repertoire (Erie) 2004 Mr. Peachum The Beggar s Opera (Pittsburgh) 2004 Antonio Salieri A Little Nightmare Music Saint Vincent Voice Program 2003 SCENES/CONCERTS Benefit Concert: Victims of the Fukushima Disaster Nishizawa Yuki: A Jazz Tradition Notogawa-Kita Elementary School 2015 Rodolfo from La Boheme Frost Graduate Opera Workshop 2014 Tenor Soloist Frost Opera Goes Gala! Again 2014 Tenor Soloist Bonnet House Night of the Stars 2014 A Taste of Italy Il Barbiere di Siviglia snippets Mozart Concert #3 New Castle Lyric Opera Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Mozart Concert #1 Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Potluck Opera Fundraiser Dormont Benefit Concert Opera Scenes Concert USC Opera Theater 2010 Dickens Dinner USC Thornton School I fell in love Cabaret USC Vocal Ensemble William Grant Still Tribute USC Visions And Voices Avalon Library Benefit Concert 2008 A Puccini Sandwich on Mozart Bread Mercyhurst College 2008 ORATORIO Mozart Requiem, tenor soloist Broward Choral Society 2014 Handel s Messiah, tenor soloist Broward Choral Society 2013 The Seven Last Words of Christ, tenor soloist Trinity Presbyterian Church, PA 2013 Christmas Oratorio, Saint-Saens, bass soloist St. Mary Magdelena Church 2010 Faure Requiem, bass soloist Mercyhurst College 2007 Handel s Messiah, bass soloist Mercyhurst College 2006 Bach B-minor Mass, bass soloist Mercyhurst College 2004 Faure Requiem, bass soloist Our Lady of Grace Greensburg PA 2004 AWARDS Espoir Prize Osaka Int l Music Competition 2016 Graduate Assistantship and Waiver Frost School of Music 2013 Westmoreland Choral Society Young Vocalists Competition 1 st Place 2004 Westmoreland County Merrill-Lynch Young Artists Competition 1 st Place Vocalist 2004 INSTRUCTORS Tony Bouttè, Frost School of Music 2013-current Daniel Teadt, Teadt Voice Studio 2010-2013 Cynthia Munzer, USC -2010 Rod Gilfry, USC 2008- Louisa Jonason, Mercyhurst 2004-2006, 2008 Brent Weber, Mercyhurst 2007 Mary-beth Sederburg, St. Vincent 2002-2010 Nathan Boersma, St. Vincent 2002 Laurie Racculia 2001-2004 CONDUCTORS
Alan Johnson, Frost School of Music 2013 Brock Burbach, Broward Choral Society 2013, 2014 Bernard McDonald, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Guy Russo, Brent McMunn, USC, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh,, 2013 2008,, 2010, Woody Brown, 2008,, 2010 Brian Onderdonk, Center Stage Opera Scott Meier, Mercyhurst 2006, 2008 Stephen Collanti, Mercyhurst 2007 Bruce Morten-Wright, Erie Opera 2006 Thomas Octave, 2004 STAGE DIRECTORS Rebecca Mustchler, 2015 Ben Krywosz, Nautilus Music Theater 2014 Lee Soroko, Frost School of Theater 2013 Jonathan Eaton, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Scott Wise, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Ann Bentz, New Castle Lyric Opera Robert Hockenberry, Ken Cazan, USC 2008,, 2010 Dylan Thomas, Center Stage Opera Sally Denmead, 2006, 2008,, 2010 Louisa Jonason, Mercyhurst 2004, 2008,, 2010 Dorothy Danner, Mercyhurst 2005 Brent Weber, Mercyhurst 2005, 2006, 2007 Charlotte Vacano, Masterworks Festival 2003, 2004 MASTERCLASSES Darren Keith Woods, Fort Worth Opera 2014 Demerius Cooper, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Robert McFarland, Chatham College Lester Lynch, Mercyhurst 2008 Rebecca Teem, Mercyhurst 2007 Paul Groves, Mercyhurst 2005 Steven Schnurmann, Masterworks Festival 2004 VOCAL COACHES Jason Ferrante, Florida Grand Opera 2013 Ross Barentyne-Truluck, Frost School of Music 2013, 2014 Ray Very, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Laura Very, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Guy Russo,, Lisa Sylvester, USC 2008-2010 David Wilkinson, USC 2010 Rebekah Hill, 2007-2010 Ray Blackwell, CMU 2006, 2008 Susan Morton, Festa Lirica Italiana 2005 RECITALS Artist Diploma Recital: 14 Songs of Henri Duparc Frost School of Music 2014
Student Recital Autumn Ballads: A Recital featuring the studio of Amitabha Chakrabarti Featured my rapidly growing studio at Johnstonbaugh s Music Center. This includes voice and piano students. Master s Recital Le voyage du jour a l ombre A unique blend of story and song, I compiled songs and song cycles from various Romantic composers, created my own tragic story, and performed it as both a degree requirement and directed research with Ken Cazan. YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yugpm1d_mq8 Senior Recital Multi-ethnic Voices A standard recital, featuring works from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern composers in four required languages. Ended with a love ballad in Japanese by Tohru Takemitsu. Johnstonbaugh s Music Center USC Thornton School of Music 2010 Mercyhurst College 2008 LANGUAGE English Native Native language. Japanese Advanced JLPT Certification 3 years of education 11 years of experience French Intermediate/Conversational Trained by Rod Gilfry, Lisa Sylvester 5 years of education 14 years of experience Italian Intermediate Festa Lyrica Italiana training with Susan Morton 2 years of education 11 years of experience German Novice/Intermediate Diction-only education 10 years of experience Russian Novice Self-trained in Cyrillic Trained at USC Russian diction for 5 months Diction-only education 5 years of experience Korean Novice Diction-only education 7 years of experience Latin Beginner Diction-only education 8 years of experience Spanish Beginner Diction-only education 1 year of experience Hebrew Beginner Diction-only education 1 year of experience INSTRUMENT/TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE Piano Bb Clarinet Music Software Finale Sibelius Audacity Cakewalk 10 years 8 years 8 years 4 years 7 years 5 years
TEST SCORES GRE (11/2/2007) o Verbal: 460 o Quantitative: 610 o Analytical Writing: 3.5 SAT (9/2003) o Verbal: 560; Math: 610